Gear Up Against Kids Cancer bike race set for April 1

March 28, 2023

  The second Gear Up Against Kids Cancer bike race will take place this Saturday, April 1, in Wilson County. Proceeds from the event will fund laboratory science at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, which is part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. “The event motto is ‘When Fighting […]




Gear Up Against Kids Cancer bike race set for April 1

March 28, 2023

Contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (March 28, 2023) — The second Gear Up Against Kids Cancer bike race will take place this Saturday, April 1, in Wilson County. Proceeds from the event will fund laboratory science at the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, which is part of The University of Texas Health Science […]


Watch us grow

March 21, 2023

The UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital is expected to open in 2024. When complete, the hospital will be eight stories tall; will house 12 operating rooms, 144 beds and state-of-the-art technology; and have a sky bridge connecting it to the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson. The […]


Novel drug makes mice slim even on sugary, fatty diet

March 21, 2023

Compound limits magnesium transport in cellular power plants called mitochondria. Media contact: Will Sansom, 210-567-2579, sansom@uthscsa.edu SAN ANTONIO (March 21, 2023) — Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have developed a small-molecule drug that prevents weight gain and adverse liver changes in mice fed a […]





KVDA Telemundo 60: Nuevo tratamiento de UT Health ayudaría a pacientes con cáncer

March 14, 2023

Montaser Shaheen, MD, Hematology  & Oncology, The UT Health San Antonio Mays Cancer Center, was interviewed for this news segment about the results of a phase II clinical trial showing participants with stage III and IV melanoma who received treatment before and after surgery, had significantly lower risks of cancer.   Watch Now